Leah Yingling | 2026 UTMB Pre-Race Interview

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Leah Yingling returns to UTMB three years after an impressive 8th place debut finish back in 2023.

In this conversation we discuss her history of racing in Chamonix, adapting to a rapidly professionalizing sport, why success here equates to rejecting complacency, hiring Jack Kuenzle, balancing peak training with parenthood, and some of her predictions for the deepest women’s field ever.


Partners:

  • Precision Fuel and Hydration - use code SINGLETRACK at checkout for 15% off your next order
  • Norda - check out the 005: the lightest, fastest, most stable trail racing shoe ever made
  • Raide - Making equipment for efficient human-powered movement in the mountains 

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Leah Yingling returns to UTMB three years after an impressive 8th place debut finish back in 2023.

In this conversation we discuss her history of racing in Chamonix, adapting to a rapidly professionalizing sport, why success here equates to rejecting complacency, hiring Jack Kuenzle, balancing peak training with parenthood, and some of her predictions for the deepest women’s field ever.


Partners:

  • Precision Fuel and Hydration - use code SINGLETRACK at checkout for 15% off your next order
  • Norda - check out the 005: the lightest, fastest, most stable trail racing shoe ever made
  • Raide - Making equipment for efficient human-powered movement in the mountains 

Support the show

2026-08-24 35 min Transcript
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